Description

Subversion's Components

Subversion, once installed, has a number of different
pieces. The following is a quick overview of what you get.
Don't be alarmed if the brief descriptions leave you scratching
your head—there are plenty more pages
in this book devoted to alleviating that confusion.

svn

The command-line client program.

svnversion

A program for reporting the state (in terms of
revisions of the items present) of a working copy.

svnlook

A tool for directly inspecting a Subversion repository.

svnadmin

A tool for creating, tweaking or repairing a Subversion
repository.

svndumpfilter

A program for filtering Subversion repository dump
streams.

mod_dav_svn

A plug-in module for the Apache HTTP Server, used to
make your repository available to others over a
network.

svnserve

A custom standalone server program, runnable as a
daemon process or invokable by SSH; another way to make
your repository available to others over a network.

svnsync

A program for incrementally mirroring one
repository to another over a network.

Assuming you have Subversion installed correctly, you should
be ready to start. The next two chapters will walk you through
the use of svn, Subversion's command-line client
program.